The single story extension projects 2 8m from a two storey main house wall.
Mansard roof with flat top.
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For homeowners a mansard roof delivers a full attic.
Sep 17 2015 mansard roof is also known as a french roof or curb roof is a four sided gambrel style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its side.
The mansard roof is a combination of gambrel and hip roof.
Well the roof particularly defines the form of art rather than just making an architectural design for functionality.
Most roofing manufactures have details for this condition.
For this reason older buildings were often remodeled with mansard roofs.
This 9 6m x 2 8m extension has a tiled 40 pitched roof on three sides of the box rising for a height of about 1m to terminate in a flat roof which runs across.
Mansard roof was not used quite as often in traditional homes despite it was featured in many high rise residential buildings especially in the late 1960s and 1970s.
However unlike a traditional mansard roof these roofs had a flat top.
Most mansard roofs actually do not have a flat roof on the top especially in single family houses.
Later on many small commercial buildings also adopted a mansard style roof.
It always has sloping facades on all four sides with a flat top.
In the united states second empire or mansard was a victorian style popular from the 1860s through the 1880s.
The result is a shallow roof line.
However unlike a traditional mansard roof these roofs had a flat top.
Aug 15 2020 explore mary amesbury s board mansard roof before and after on pinterest.
Architects liked it for putting the spotlight on the building compared to those modern shrinking houses with roof on viagra.
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You are correct about asphalt shingles needing to be 3 12 or greater slope but the transition to a flat roof is not as hard as it appears and is a very common detail in construction.
Later on many small commercial buildings also adopted a mansard style roof.
Mansard roofs were considered especially practical because they allowed usable living quarters to be placed in the attic.